Ruffino Riserva Ducale Oro Gran Selezione Chianti Classico 2017, Docg
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Critic Reviews (4)
Gran Selezione is a relatively new, top tier category of estate-grown, longer aged wines from Chianti Classico. This...
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Here's a lovely, fragrant and complex Gran Selezione, savoury in the regional idiom, with typical dried herbs and...
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This structured and elegant Gran Selezione has a perfumed nose of ripe red cherries, potpourri, leather,...
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This is a fragrant, graceful and elegant Chianti Classico. The 2017 is the best ever that I can recall. It has a...
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Community Reviews (2)
Blend of 80% Sangiovese with 20% Merlot & Colorino, the highly aromatic nose offers sweet spice, red cherry, floral, and some dried cherry notes, all of which come through very nicely on the medium-full bodied, structured palate. It's with slightly chalky tannins, while the long, balanced and very satisfying finish has excellent length. Tasted Nov/2021.
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I wanted to enjoy this wine as much as others in this review did, however, I found it underwhelming. I did get notes of plum, black pepper and clay pot. This wine has strong mouth drying tannins. It has some taste of dark fruit.
I started this bottle at 14C. I thought that perhaps when it warmed up, it would open up. But not only did it not get more complexed, I found that the flavours got muted. This made no sense, but that is what happened.
I would say no need to decant based on that experience.
I hope in another couple years that the complexities will open up more.
Tasted October 2022
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